The Copernicus Legacy: The Forbidden Stone
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3.7 • 11 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
Bestselling author Tony Abbott's epic new middle grade series, the Copernicus Legacy, begins with The Forbidden Stone, a thrilling adventure packed with puzzles, intrigue, and action. Fans of Rick Riordan and Ridley Pearson will love this first book in an exciting series that takes the reader all over the globe in a race to find pieces of a mysterious hidden past—before it's too late.
Wade, Lily, Darrell, and Becca fly from Texas to Germany for the funeral of an old family friend. But instead of just paying their respects, they wind up on a dangerous, mind-blowing quest to unlock an ancient, guarded secret that could destroy the fate of the world.
Supports the Common Core State Standards
This isn't just a school vacation—it's a race against time for the fate of the world.
Puzzles and Codes: Wade, Lily, Darrell, and Becca must decipher cryptic messages and antique star charts to follow a trail of clues left by a society of Guardians.Action-Packed Adventure: From a tense funeral in Germany to a break-in at a secret tomb, the four friends are always one step ahead of a dangerous enemy.Quest for Ancient Relics: The team is on a mission to find the twelve hidden parts of a mysterious and powerful device built by Copernicus himself.Found Family Dynamics: Four very different kids—a scientist, a musician, a tech wiz, and a bookworm—must learn to trust each other to save the world.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this strong, ambitious start to the Copernicus Legacy series, Abbott (the Secrets of Droon) sends four protagonists on a globe-spanning adventure as they attempt to reclaim lost artifacts before a secret organization realizes its evil agenda. Working through a series of centuries-old puzzles and clues, stepbrothers Wade and Darrell Kaplan and their friends Lily and Becca, accompanied by Wade's astrophysicist father, attempt to unravel the mystery of a device built by the astronomer Copernicus. As their search takes them from Germany to Italy and Guam, they unravel ciphers, translate lost diaries, and both outwit and outrun the fiendish, murderous Teutonic Order. With 12 artifacts to be found over 12 planned installments, a mix of novels and novellas, there's no denying the epic scope of this storyline. Fast-paced and clever, the novel reads like a mashup of the National Treasure films and The Da Vinci Code; it's a thriller that engages the intellect even as it rummages through history for inspiration and journeys to far-flung locales. Ages 8 12.
